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GL B. NORTHRUP.

TRACE BUCKLE. Patented Dec.- 12, 1882:.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIC GEORGE E. NCETHEUP, on NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR To w. a E. T. FITCH, OF SAME PLACE.

' TRACE-BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 269,102, dated December 12, 1882.

' Application filed September 11,1882. (N0 model.) I

1' 0 all whom 'it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE B. NOETHRUP, of New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new 5 lniprovementinTrace-Buckles; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked. thereon, to be a nu], clear, and exact description of the same,

IO and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in-

Figure 1, a perspective view; Fig. 2, a. longitudinal central section through the tug and trace attached.

This invention relates to an improvement in that class of buckles designed to engage the trace with the tug,'andcommonly called tracebuckles, the object being a simple, cheap, and durablebnckle; anditconsists in the construc- 20 tion of the buckle, as hereinafter described,

and more particularly recited in the claims.

A A represent the two sides of the buckleframe, and B G the two ends. The end B crosses outside the trace, and from that end 2 5 the sides are curved in ward beyond the direct line of the trace, thence upward. The other bar, 0, is also outside the trace, the bar G provided upon its under side with a stud, at.

D is a bar lying transversely across the 0 frame, and so as to slide upon the outside of the inwardlybent portion of the two sides. Preferably I turn the ends of the bar D inward outside the frame, as a means for prevent- .ing endwise movement of the bar D; or the 5tongue b may extend forward from the bar D between the two thicknesses of the tug and a screw-or rivet introduced through the tongue,

as seen in Fig. 2. The tug E is doubled around the bar D, and extends out forward 0 through the frame, as seen in Fig. 2, bringing the strain of the tug in a direct line from the bar and outside the frame. The trace is passed beneath the bar 0 over the doubled end of the tug, the stud a entering a perforation in the 5 trace, the forward end of the trace tucked forward beneath the bar B, as seen in Fig.2. The draft of the trace comes upon the stud a, drawing the frame backward. The bar D rides up the inclined sides of the frame, and thus clamps the trace to acertain extent between the tug and the forward bar, B, sufficient at least to keep the parts'in their proper relative position to each other. The bar D, when fixed in the tug, its ends resting free and so as to slide upon the outside of the curved portion of the frame, has no transverse movement relative to the frame, so that there is no danger of its being disengaged from the frame. It may therefore be in length only equal to the frame and flush with its'edgesy but the turned-, down ends of the bar D, as seen in Fig. 1,may serve as a support to the buckle, to prevent the sides spreading by any strain which may be brought in that direction.

This buckle is extremely cheap and simple in its construction, durable, and strong.

I claim 1. The herein-described buckle, consisting of the frame composed of the two sides A A, connected by end bars, B 0, outside the trace, the sides curved inward beyond the inside line of the trace, one of the end bars provided with a stud, a, combined with the bar D, taking its bearing'and so as to slide upon the outside of the inwardly-curved portion of the side, and the tug attached directly to the said bar, substantially as described, said bar D having its ends turned down outside the side bars of the frame, substantially as described.

2. The herein-described buckle, consisting of the frame composed of the two sides A A, connected by end bars, B (3, outside the trace,

the sides curved inward beyond the insideline of the trace, one of the end bars provided with a stud, a, combined with the bar D, takingits bearing and so as to slide upon the outside of the inwardly-curved portion of the side, and the tug attached directly to the said bar, substantially as described, the said bar D having its ends turned outside the said bars of the frame and constructed with a tongue, b, extending forward from the said bar, substantially as described.

GEO. B. NORTHRUP.

Witnesses:

J 0s. O. EARLE, J. H. SHUMWAY. 

